• TehPers@beehaw.org
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                1 month ago

                You quit your job, cancel your lease, and live on the streets in downtown NY. Do it. Show us all how easy it is to do.

                When you do, come back and reply, and I’ll give you the upvotes you deserve.

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                  1 month ago

                  Downtown NY? Why would anyone want to make that their destination? Also, why does one have to be on the street? They can get a job.

                  I think you assume it’s Texas or the Streets, which is just funny

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                    1 month ago

                    Downtown NY? Why would anyone want to make that their destination? Also, why does one have to be on the street?

                    Well someone who can’t afford a home out of state would presumably need somewhere to live until then, and there tend to be better resources in cities than in rural towns.

                    They can get a job.

                    Clearly you’ve never needed to search for one. Consider yourself lucky.

                    I think you assume it’s Texas or the Streets, which is just funny

                    I still don’t see your attempt to prove this wrong. Lets see you make a cross-state move to somewhere better with almost nothing in the bank. Show us all how it’s done. I’m the random internet stranger, and I’m now issuing you the same challenge you gave to them.

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                1 month ago

                And go … where? With no income lined up. Must be nice to have the financial stability to just do an interstate move on a whim.

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                  1 month ago

                  So you’re saying that you have no skills that can be used outside of Texas?

                  I never said whim… but, keep making excuses not to leave Texas…. Like I’ve been saying.

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                    I don’t know why you’re presuming to know a fucking thing about my situation. I have skills, but they’re in journalism and coding, which aren’t exactly growth fields at the moment. I also need contract work instead of full-time to avoid severe garnishment from Covid debt. And my van gets 6 mpg.

                    If you want to wire me $5,000, I can easily get out of Texas and park somewhere else for a few months, but your starting point is so far from reality that it appears your only interest is in victim blaming.

                    I have $19 to my name. That’s my fucking excuse.